Remember him?
Alex Manniger is training with Liverpool this week with a view to signing a permanent deal.
The Austrian goalkeeper, who spent five years with Arsenal between 1997 and 2002, making 30 appearances, is 39 years old now and a free-agent.
Manniger spent the last four years with German side Augsburg, but has the opportunity to impress Jurgen Klopp this week at Melwood, according to The Express.
Manniger’s nomadic career has also taken him to Juventus, Espanyol, Red Bull Salzburg and Fiorentina. If he signs for Liverpool he will be the club’s third-choice ‘keeper, so will be unlikely to feature in the first-team, barring an injury crisis.
Klopp signed German ‘keeper Loris Karius earlier this summer, while Simon Mignolet is, currently, first-choice at Anfield. Liverpool’s young ‘keepers Danny Ward and Ryan Fulton have left the club on-loan to Huddersfield and Chesterfield respectively.
While Adam Bogdan looks certain to leave after falling down the pecking order.
Manniger’s last game in the Premier League was 15 years ago, away to Southampton at the Dell.
Here was Arsenal’s starting XI that day:
Alex Manninger; Tony Adams, Martin Keown, Gilles Grimandi, Ashley Cole; Freddie Ljungberg, Ray Parlour, Robert Pires, Patrick Vieira; Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry.
